This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On May 10, the U.S. Treasury Department released its interim final rule on the use of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. While the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many colleges to move online by mid-March 2020, with little preparation time to serve new student needs arising from the health crisis. As faculty, administrators, and staff…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Johnny Smith spent almost 24 hours shackled in the back of a prison van—barely conscious and muttering incoherently—before he died there in 2011. A private company was hauling the 48-year-old…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After serving 24 years in prison, Pamela Thompson was freed with no money, no cellphone, and no awareness of how to navigate the new world she’d just been released into.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new study, Aligning Financial Sustainability with Student Access and Success: Opportunities for Private Colleges, published by TIAA Institute and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), highlights long-term academic and financial opportunities for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 2020 and 2040, the number of senior households (those headed by someone age 65 or older) will explode. And during this period, we project the senior homeownership rate will drop from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The hacking of a major US oil pipeline Friday is the latest in a string of cyberattacks under federal investigation. The stories read like movie loglines: A reportedly Russia-backed group slowly burrowed its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Crime has dropped since 1990, but not for the reasons some might think, according to a new study. The research suggests crime reduction efforts account for less than half of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Thursday, The Washington Post ran an op-ed by Cathy Merrill, CEO and owner of Washingtonian Media, in which she expressed her fear that employees will want to continue working from home after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early on a Saturday in rural Maryland, about 200 high school and college students, largely from urban Baltimore and Washington, D.C., gathered to learn about careers in agriculture. Many have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just about every indicator of drought is flashing red across the western U.S. after a dry winter and warm early spring. The snowpack is at less than half of normal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many health care institutions, the shift toward values-based payments is accelerating efforts to address housing, food, safety, and other community needs. You might expect this is good news for…